Business As Usual

Mar 4th, 2010
‘Business as Usual’ Approach Costs Kentucky Families

LEXINGTON, KY – Regrettably, Mike Templeman launched the first negative attack in the Republican primary for Congress in Kentucky's Sixth District today, attacking Republican Andy Barr in an article in Roll Call, a national political publication.

Templeman's negative attacks are part of an attempt to hide his own record supporting Democrats. Roll Call noted:

One thing that may hurt Templeman in the primary is that among the many political contributions that he’s given over the years, a few went to Democrats, including a $1,000 donation last summer to the Senate campaign of state Attorney General Jack Conway.

What's worse, Mike Templeman was quoted in Roll Call saying if he was not running for Congress, "I would still continue to give to some Democrats."

"That's part of doing business," Templeman said.

"Mike Templeman's 'business as usual' thinking is what got our country in the trouble it is in today,” said Austin McCubbin, a spokesman for the Barr campaign. “It is ‘business as usual’ thinking that made Ben Chandler vote with Nancy Pelosi on job-killing cap and trade legislation, and for wasteful government spending.”

“The ‘business as usual’ approach to politics has led to increasing job losses, double digit unemployment, record budget deficits, and unprecedented national debt that has placed an unacceptable burden on Kentucky families,” said McCubbin. “It is exactly what is wrong with Washington.

"Andy Barr is a true, lifelong Republican who will stand up for fiscal responsibility and free market solutions. His uncompromising stance on such traditional conservative issues has attracted a broad base of grassroots support and is what makes him the right candidate to send Ben Chandler packing in November."

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The Roll Call article “Chandler Foes Consider Cap-and-Trade Revenge” can be found here: http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_98/politics/43818-1.html?page=2

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